Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday evening that Iran had “committed a serious mistake” by attacking his country, and that it would pay “the price”, Israel being determined to hold its enemies.”
“Iran made a grave mistake tonight and will pay the price,” Netanyahu said in a video message after the Islamic Republic of Iran fired 180 missiles at Israel in the evening, including “many were intercepted” by the Israeli anti-missile shield, according to the Israeli army.
The Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, claimed that this attack was a “response” to the death of Ismaïl Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas killed at the end of July in Tehran in an explosion attributed to Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanese Hezbollah, and Abbas Nilforoushan, an Iranian general, both killed in a massive Israeli strike Friday on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
“The Iranian regime does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and hold our enemies accountable,” Mr. Netanyahu said.
“Nasrallah (didn’t understand it) and apparently there are people in Tehran who don’t understand it. They will understand it,” Mr. Netanyahu threatened, adding: “We will stick to what we have set : whoever attacks us, we attack.”
“Iran has not learned its lesson,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant wrote on the social network X, adding: “Whoever attacks the State of Israel pays a heavy price.”
